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Company car keys stolen - who is liable to pay for lock change me or employer?
Hi, Whilst I was at the gym someone broke into my locker and stole my mobile phone and company car keys. Fortunately I walked to the gym that day and so my company car was at home. There is no way (unless I was singled out and followed) that the thief would trace my home address. The car is a BMW 320D 2011 model and so I…
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RBS Pre-Employment Screening
Hey Guys, I've applied and been conditionally accepted for a job in the fraud department in the RBS, and they are carrying out a credit check on me. I've just graduated from university, and obviously have the standard student loans (which I'm 99% don't affect the credit check) and also £1800 of overdraft (£1000 of which is…
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Tesco interview
I got a tesco telephone interview soon and am researching the company, I am looking at their competitors and found these: * [FONT="]Iceland[/FONT] * [FONT="]Morrisons[/FONT] * [FONT="]Safeway[/FONT] * [FONT="]ASDA[/FONT] * [FONT="]LIDL[/FONT] * [FONT="]AUDI[/FONT] * [FONT="]M&S[/FONT] *…
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Competancy based questions
Does anyone have any general tips on these? I absolutely hate them and I can never seem to fit in all the info I want Especially the one where you're just given a heading like 'communication' and then have to figure the rest out yourself - If you've done a civil service job application you'll know what I mean!
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Monthly wage - PLS help?
Hi everyone, I am a bit confused about whether I am actually getting paid correctly...and wondered if someone could help. I know its best to speak to the accounts dept at work, but I wanted to double check them.. So in my job my annual salary is 12,500 They divide this by the number of months = 12 and get a monthly salary…
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job seekers alloance stage
i was claiming job seeker allowance for 16 weeks i then started a job that lasted 5 weeks signed back on was put back at same stage was wondering if this was correat or i should have been put back to stage one:cool:
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Extra Work - cash payment do I need to declare?
Hi can anybody advise? I work part-time hours in my main job (18hr) and am now doing a bit of typing on an 'as and when' basis for one of my consultants outside of work, paid on an hourly basis and they've asked me to complete a timesheet so they can submit it legally through their books. However, they have paid me cash in…
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Need advice been off work ill long term health condition - now might not have a job ?
hi ive been off for 7 mths with long term mental health problem i wanted to go back - but now being told im might not have a job to go back to in same dept - if thats the case - myself and HR will have 2 mths to search for another job for myself within company - if i dont find one my contract will be terminated as the…
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Teaching routes
I would love to go into teaching but can't see any possible way. I have no degree just A levels and life experience. I am 35yr with kids and a ds that works shifts. We have no savings and the thought of leaving studies with about 36k in debt worries me. To become a qualified primary teacher is the only way for me to do…
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is it acceptable to say this in an interview
Or is honesty not always the best policy. One of our local shops is advertising vacancies. 12 hours daytimes or 9 hours evenings/nights, spread over several days, so flexibility is required. DS2 is starting college in September and has been looking for a part time job for ages. If he should be invited for interview for…
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Don't know what to do with my life
I am stuck in a low paid menial job with no prospects, I did do a degree but it is in a "mickey mouse" subject. In retrospect I would've done a different course but its too late now! The problem is that I don't know what I want to do, and the idea of retraining won't work because I don't have the time or money to fund…
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Full Time Employment Advice Needed Plz
Hello All Thank you for taking the time to read this. I am currently employed full time at a local company but im at my wits end to be honest. My situation is me and my partner rent a house, my partner is 39weeks pregnant and has choric sciatica in her lower back. I work 9-5 Monday to Friday but lately Ive been asked to…
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receiving emails from jobs that I never applied for
I am currently receiving multiple emails from the same recruiter about a job that I never applied for, stating that I was unsuccessful. It comes from this email: HRPRD01@bt.com The company seems to be from BT but I am sure I never applied for BT as I keep a list of all the jobs I have applied for. The last time I applied…
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Work in a school - hours cut for Sept
I've just had my new hours for when the September term starts and my hours have been reduced quite a lot. at the moment i work 8:30am to 1pm 5 days a week then 2 of those days i do extra SEN hours of 1pm-3.30. my new hours in sept are - 8.30am -1pm 3 days a week then 2 days a week 11.30-1! i knew my hour where going to be…
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NI class 2 voluntary contributions???
Hello, I need some advice as in 2006 I declared myself self-employed (freah out of uni and hopeful..!) and ran a tiny small business for which i held a small earnings exemption cetificate from october 2006-april 2008. However, sometime in that year i ticked a box to say i would pay voluntary class 2 NI contributions. I…
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Work changing shifts at short notice
I was wondering if anyone could help. I work for a local compay, not huge but by no means small. When I accepted the job I was told that rotas were made up 4 weeks in advance and rarely changed after that except in an emergency. A few months ago I got a phone call from my assistant manager saying that I was meant to start…
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Can I work from home?
Hi All Just a quickie but does anyone have any advise on which companies employ people to work from home. I've had a quick google about and all I can find is silly things like stuffing envelopes. I there anything Customer Service based that you can think of?
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Moving job centre interview
I had to cancel my interview appointment today due to really not feeling well, when I rang up to cancel I was told that I could only get an appointment tomorrow - I have a job interview all day so I can't go - or ring up on monday morning and try to arrange it then because the advisor said that he can't move things a week…
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Agency worker rights after 1st October 2011
Hi I believe there is new legislation coming in on 1st October 2011 relating to Agency workers that after 12 weeks they will be entitled to the same pay and working conditions can some explain what this means in relation to A. Agency worker getting a lower pay rate that the person employed by the company they are working…
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Failure to consult - business being sold
Does the employer have any duty to consult in relation to selling the business. It is likely to end in all of us being redundant.
